Saudi Readymix, a leading producer and supplier of ready-mixed concrete and related products, said it has completed one of the largest concrete pours in the Kingdom at the Capital Market Authority (CMA) Tower in Riyadh.

Saudi Readymix said it poured 11,500 cu m of readymix concrete in a continuous flow for one-and-half days into the four and half meter deep raft foundation of the CMA Tower.

'This was one of the most challenging jobs that we have handled at Saudi Readymix where we have supplied all the required amount of concrete pouring in one continuous pour,' said Khalid Baghdadi, managing director, Saudi Readymix.

According to him, the mobile truck mixers arrived on site at an average of one every 90 seconds during this marathon supply. A total of 150 truck mixers were mobilized to handle the pouring, he added.

'For this feat, Saudi Readymix has utilized seven of its factories located in different areas in Riyadh, including its on-site factory at the King Abdullah Financial District project site. Although the estimated time to execute the task was 42 hours, it was completed smoothly and in only 36 hours,' he noted.

'To be frank, the volume of the pour was not the issue, we had poured similar foundations in the past; the challenge was the complexity of the concrete mix and the special materials that had to be used, let alone the need to use large quantities of ice to deliver concrete at very low temperatures,' Baghdadi recalled.

'This wouldn’t have been achieved without the hard work, commitment, cooperation and dedication of all the involved stakeholders, namely the CMA team, Saudi Bin Laden Group and Al Omraniah & Associates, who worked around the clock and provided all the needed support for the execution process' he added.

Mohammed Shaheen, Saudi Readymix’s general manager in the Central Region, said,'In order to meet with the strict technical requirements and quality standards of this unique and massive project, keeping in mind all the design, testing and delivery challenges, we started working on this pour almost twelve months prior to the execution day.'

'This enabled our team to come up with the optimum concrete mix design after running several tests to ensure its compliance to requirements,' he explained.

'We are proud to highlight that the ingredients used for this special concrete mixture were mostly produced from recycled materials which makes the final product an environment friendly Green Concrete. This is the first time that this unique concrete mixture is utilized in Saudi Arabia,” Shaheen added.

Saudi Readymix is one of the leading ready-mixed concrete companies that operates 30 factories in Saudi Arabia.

The company, over the past thirty years, has developed its capabilities to meet the strict and challenging concrete  requirements and specifications of all small, large and mega projects.-TradeArabia News Service